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» Montreal Canadiens 4 Buffalo Sabres 3 (OT)

March 28,2008 (Friday)
in Buffalo,New York - HSBC Arena

Goals/Period	1	2	3	4	Tot
MON	0	1	2	1	4
BUF	0	1	2	0	3

Shots	1	2	3	4	Tot
MON	5	8	14	2	29
BUF	11	16	11	0	38

PowerPlay	PP Game	PP Season	PK Season
MON	1 / 2	87 / 354 (24.6%)	257 / 318 (80.8%)
BUF	0 / 5	62 / 342 (18.1%)	266 / 321 (82.9%)

Start: 7:30pm
Attendance: 18,690
Referees: Mike Hasenfratz, Tom Kowal
Officials: Brad Kovachik, Steve Miller

Montreal Canadiens	Game #78	44-28-6	94 Pts	Prev Game vs OTT	Next Game at TOR
Buffalo Sabres	Game #78	36-30-12	84 Pts	Prev Game vs OTT	Next Game at BOS

Three Stars: (1) Tomas Plekanec (MON) (2) Derek Roy (BUF) (3) Jason Pominville (BUF)

Goals

1st Period
No Goals
2nd Period
1.	BUF	Drew Stafford [16] [c29] ( Derek Roy [44], Andrej Sekera [4] )	2:25
2.	MON	Alexei Kovalev [34] [c367] ( Mikhail Grabovski [6], Francis Bouillon [6] )	19:23
3rd Period
3.	BUF	Nathan Paetsch [2] [c4] ( Derek Roy [45], Thomas Vanek [27] )	5:30
4.	BUF	Daniel Paille [19] [c23] ( Jason Pominville [51] )	7:15
5.	MON	Tomas Plekanec [28] [c57] (Powerplay) ( Mark Streit [44], Alexei Kovalev [47] )	17:29
6.	MON	Tomas Plekanec [29] [c58] ( Mark Streit [45], Andrei Kostitsyn [27] )	19:45
OT Period
7.	MON	Christopher Higgins [24] [c69] (GW) ( Mark Streit [46], Saku Koivu [40] )	3:38

Goalies

Goalie	Career	Team	Decision	Min	GA	Shots	Saves	Record	sGAA
Carey Price	Career	MON	W	63	3	38	35	20-12-3	2.73
Ryan Miller	Career	BUF	OTL	64	4	29	25	34-25-10	2.61

Penalties

1st Period
1.	MON	Sergei Kostitsyn	[2]	Slashing	2	8:57
2.	MON	Andrei Markov	[2]	Roughing	2	11:51
2nd Period
3.	MON	Michael Ryder	[1]	Interference	2	3:35
4.	MON	Bench Penalty	[-]	Too many men/ice - bench	2	7:01
5.	BUF	Andrej Sekera	[1]	Closing hand on puck	2	7:08
6.	MON	Alexei Kovalev	[2]	Holding the stick	2	8:42
7.	BUF	Thomas Vanek	[5]	Interference	2	12:51
3rd Period
8.	BUF	Ales Kotalik	[7]	Tripping	2	16:16

Faceoffs

Montreal Canadiens
	Game			Season
Player	FW	FL	FO%	FW	FL	FO%

Tomas Plekanec	14	9	60.9%	647	655	49.7%
Saku Koivu	8	8	50.0%	701	640	52.3%
Bryan Smolinski	5	9	35.7%	349	340	50.7%
Maxim Lapierre	4	4	50.0%	237	239	49.8%
Mikhail Grabovski	4	2	66.7%	50	96	34.2%
Sergei Kostitsyn	1	1	50.0%	5	9	35.7%
Alexei Kovalev	0	1	.0%	32	25	56.1%
Steve Begin	0	1	.0%	22	43	33.8%

	36	35	50.7%	2213	2288	49.2%

Buffalo Sabres
	Game			Season
Player	FW	FL	FO%	FW	FL	FO%

Derek Roy	16	11	59.3%	671	647	50.9%
Paul Gaustad	8	7	53.3%	609	503	54.8%
Jochen Hecht	3	9	25.0%	362	504	41.8%
Adam Mair	6	5	54.5%	150	185	44.8%
Ales Kotalik	1	2	33.3%	98	120	45.0%
Drew Stafford	0	2	.0%	8	13	38.1%
Jason Pominville	1	0	100.0%	25	42	37.3%

	35	36	49.3%	2173	2314	48.4%

Montreal Canadiens Roster
#	Player	Pos	cGP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PM	Shots	BlSh	Hits	IceTime	PP	SH
3	Ryan O'Byrne	D	29	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	5	14:16	0:00	1:16
6	Tom Kostopoulos	RW	294	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	12:17	0:00	1:07
11	Saku Koivu	C	727	0	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	15:14	0:46	0:31
14	Tomas Plekanec	C	227	2	0	2	1	0	6	0	2	21:37	2:27	4:02
20	Bryan Smolinski	C	1053	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	11:10	0:00	1:25
21	Christopher Higgins	LW-C	221	1	0	1	0	0	7	0	0	15:52	0:46	0:31
22	Steve Begin	LW-C	343	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	14:06	0:00	2:31
26	Josh Gorges	D	161	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	23:33	0:07	2:57
27	Alexei Kovalev	RW	1069	1	1	2	1	2	3	2	0	21:03	2:27	3:19
32	Mark Streit	D-LW	202	0	3	3	0	0	2	2	0	18:11	2:25	0:00
40	Maxim Lapierre	C-RW	96	0	0	0	-2	0	1	0	4	11:24	0:00	1:17
44	Roman Hamrlik	D	1072	0	0	0	-2	0	2	4	0	25:44	0:48	4:50
46	Andrei Kostitsyn	LW	108	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	2	16:02	2:27	0:00
51	Francis Bouillon	D	430	0	1	1	1	0	0	2	0	20:52	0:00	5:03
54	Mikhail Grabovski	C	26	0	1	1	-1	0	0	1	0	13:49	0:00	0:26
73	Michael Ryder	RW	312	0	0	0	-1	2	1	0	1	12:21	0:46	0:00
74	Sergei Kostitsyn	RW	48	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	3	13:54	0:41	0:32
79	Andrei Markov	D	489	0	0	0	2	2	0	2	0	24:01	2:25	1:54

			8072	4	8	12	0	8	29	16	24

Buffalo Sabres Roster
#	Player	Pos	cGP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PM	Shots	BlSh	Hits	IceTime	PP	SH
4	Nolan Pratt	D	589	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	10:41	0:00	0:19
5	Toni Lydman	D	508	0	0	0	-1	0	6	1	3	25:33	4:46	2:54
9	Derek Roy	C	268	0	2	2	0	0	4	0	1	21:15	6:27	1:29
10	Henrik Tallinder	D	316	0	0	0	-2	0	1	1	0	21:38	0:07	2:54
12	Ales Kotalik	RW	366	0	0	0	0	2	3	1	3	18:35	1:19	0:00
20	Daniel Paille	LW-C	116	1	0	1	-1	0	2	0	0	13:39	0:00	0:26
21	Drew Stafford	RW	102	1	0	1	1	0	2	0	1	11:08	0:14	0:00
22	Adam Mair	C	402	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	9:05	0:00	0:00
26	Thomas Vanek	LW	241	0	1	1	1	2	1	0	0	15:24	4:30	0:00
28	Paul Gaustad	C	211	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	2	16:12	1:57	0:00
29	Jason Pominville	RW	218	0	1	1	-1	0	1	0	1	24:31	6:41	2:47
34	Mike Weber	D	12	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	4	24:13	0:00	0:00
36	Patrick Kaleta	RW	44	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	3	9:38	0:00	0:00
38	Nathan Paetsch	D	121	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	3	9:45	0:00	0:00
44	Andrej Sekera	D	35	0	1	1	1	2	1	1	2	27:13	3:43	0:19
55	Jochen Hecht	C	544	0	0	0	-1	0	3	0	1	21:32	4:55	1:44
56	Steve Bernier	RW	173	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	2	15:21	2:26	0:00
61	Maxim Afinogenov	RW	517	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	13:56	2:36	0:00

			5013	3	5	8	1	6	38	5	28

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